Russian’s Ambassador to UN passes away at 65

Tuesday, 21/02/2017 17:49
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin has suddenly passed away in New York, the Russian Foreign Minister announced.

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin (Source: vov.vn)

The 65-year-old had held the post since 2006.

“A prominent Russian diplomat has passed away while at work. We'd like to express our sincere condolences to Vitaly Churkin’s family,” the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on its official website.

"He was an outstanding person. He was brilliant, bright, a great diplomat of our age," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, adding that the news of Churkin's death was "completely shocking."

President Putin has also expressed his condolences to Churkin's family and to all Russian diplomats.

Vitaly Churkin was Ambassador at Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2003–2006), Ambassador to Canada (1998–2003), Ambassador to Belgium and Liaison Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU) (1994–1998), Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation to the talks on Former Yugoslavia (1992–1994), and Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR/Russian Federation (1990–1992). Churkin was fluent in Russian, Mongolian, French and English./.

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